Category/Olive oils

Olive oils

Categories

Supercategories

The olive oils fit in a hierarchy of categories:

• Vegetable oils

• Olive tree products

• Vegetable fats

• Fats
• Plant-based foods
• Plant-based foods and beverages

Subcategories

The olive oils can be subdivided based on the level of processing, the origin of the olive oil or added ingredients:

Processing level

• Olive pomace oils(0.3% of the olive oils);
• Refined olive oils(0.2% of the olive oils);
• Virgin olive oils(83% of the olive oils);
• Extra virgin olive oils(81% of the olive oils);
• Olive oil mixes for products that combine multiple processing levels;

Origin

The products contain olive oils from a specific country or region (PDO)

Related

Products that contain mainly olive oil:

• Olive oil sprays

• Flavoured olive oils have extra ingredients.

Production process/labels

The most important labels:

Nutritional information

It seems that some producers do not actually measure the nutritional values, but use canonical values. The nutritional values can be presented per 100g or per 100ml.

per 100 g	10%	90%	Canonical
Energy (kJ)	3350	3770	3700
Energy(kcal)			900
Fat			100
Saturated fat			14
Monounsaturated fat
Polyunsaturated fat
Carbohydrates	0	0	0
Sugars	0	0	0
Fiber	0	0	0
Proteins	0	0	0
Salt	0	0	0
Vitamin E (mg)
Fruit	100	100

per 100 ml	10%	90%	Canonical
Energy (kJ)			3700
Energy(kcal)			900
Fat			92
Saturated fat			12
Monounsaturated fat
Polyunsaturated fat
Carbohydrates	0	0	0
Sugars	0	0	0
Fiber	0	0	0
Proteins	0	0	0
Salt	0	0	0
Vitamin E (mg)
Fruit	100	100

How accurate are the zero values? Some olive oils suggest that there are measurable values of carbohydrates, proteins and salt.

Nutriscore

Nutriscore C with nutritional values between -5 and -3.

References

• Wikipedia
• EU Olive oil report
• OFF analysis